Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-332) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: whose 'modern times'? -- Political history -- Economic history -- The rural history of the Middle East in the twentieth century -- Urban history -- Popular culture: music, dance and poetry -- The history of the written word -- Theatre, cinema, radio and television -- Histories of Middle Eastern women -- The many faces of Islam in the twenty-first century: three final aspects.
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